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Ledger
University of Washington, Tacoma
uwtledger.com
Wireless laptops on campus enhance capabilities of Intemet users.
Page 8
Vol. XIV No. 14
May 20, 2004
A look inside..
What is your personal reaction to the severe treatment of Nick Berg byAkOaeda?
Page2
Student awards ceremony to honor campus leaders.
Page?
Online gaming has evolved into social arena.
Pages
2004 graduation vocalist is a junior but is the best representative for UWT.
Page 11
Tahoma West unveils diverse art
Aaron Blankers / Tattoma Wbst Tahoma West's latest release features pictures along Dowmtown Tacoma that illuminate the night (Above is Union Station across from UWT).
by Marques Hunter
This year, the Taiioma West stu¬ dent organization put another creative spin on literaiy art. Their latest release, volume eight, delves into a wide range of issues.
The Tahoma West staff has continued the traditional black and white pages throughout the issue, which gives the visual arts a classic look. The culmina¬ tion of poems, narrative essays, short stories and poetry execute a diverse look into literary art.
"This year, we had more inti¬ mate work and personal issues," said Managing Editor Pamela Torres. This was Torres' first year as managing editor. She felt responsible for the balance ofthe literary and visual art that was done in this magazine. "The lead editors were incredible,'' Torres said. "As a team, we were really cohesive."
Similar to last year, Tahoma West maintains their feel for poetry as it makes up a large portion of the work. The poetry digs into new elements of writ¬ ing. Ma'sef written by Nandi Cummings speaks with a Southem tongue as the words bring about a slangy hip-hop
2004 commencement speaker reveals her caring side for humanity
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ptKAo courtesy of UWT online. Julie Warden-Gregory made the decision by switching from a political career and into the humanities field.
by Moshood Iiegieuno
She readily admits being swayed by social currents and taking on a career she never envisioned.
If anyone asked Julie A. Warden-Gregory what her aspira- ticMis were five years or even a year ago, she would have said politics. But after an exciting
See Speaker page 5
year with the Associated Students for the University of Washington, Tacoma (ASUWT), Gregoiy has decided to seek an administrative position with a trio program where she hopes to help students overcome barriers to attain their education.
For Gregory, the desire to help students has become nearly an obsession. "I feel concemed if I find students that have barrios
to education," Gregoiy said. "I empathize with that having come from such a background. I think my own sense of caring moti¬ vates me because being a returnee student and a first gener¬ ation student, there are lot of bar¬ riers diat a nontraditional student faces diat I worry about."
Gregory graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2000. While there, she was the student senator for leg¬ islative affairs, a position that exposed ho- to the many chal¬ lenges students struggle with while in school like monetary problems, families at home, child-care issues and moral sup¬ port from the home base. Her goal for the position was to seek ways of establishing good rela¬ tions with ttie school administra¬ tion as well as with the represen¬ tatives in Olympia, she says. "Knowing that tuition increases were poiding, I was just really worried about people being able to continue school for lack of fimds," Gregory said. "That's why I opted for the position to seek avenues to help."
As the Director of Legislative Afiairs in ASUWT, she repre¬ sented the voice of ail students.
tone. In the poem, Cummings is a strong spoken independent woman who is tired of men act¬ ing selfish and ignorant.
Rain Fall at 2 a.m. by Michele Brittany-Bacha is a poem that takes a rainy night and isolates many of the sounds we subconsciously hear before we go to sleep. The sounds of rain drops, the swishing of cars as the wheels splash through a puddle and a cat that was locked out from its house meow's, hop¬ ing its caretaker will let the cat in.
Relationships have influ¬ enced the poems in the new issue. AnnaLee Zenkner wrote a poem called Intrigue, in which she talks about how relation¬ ships between two people can be like a war game and how there are continuous power struggles between men and women. She uses words like weaponry and terrorized as she reflects upon a waging war with her companion.
If poetry has too much hid¬ den interpretation for your taste, read some of the short stories Tahoma West has chosen. One non-fiction short story called In Memory of Doom II Sept. 1994-
See Tahoma West oaoe 10
Professor has large impact on students, wins great award
by Penney White
Beth Kalikoff, senior lecturer, never imag¬ ined her ability to teach would stretch this far and into the lives of students and faculty.
The Distinguished Teaching Award for this year has been awarded to Kalikoff.
"I am delighted and honored to be selected," said Kalikoff in a telephone interview. Since Kalikoff is on sabbatical leave during spring quarter, she did not receive the news on campus.
The award nominations come from letters sent in by staff, faculty and students. A committee reviews the letters and takes into consideration any supporting materials sent in
See Kalikoff page 4

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Th
Ledger
University of Washington, Tacoma
uwtledger.com
Wireless laptops on campus enhance capabilities of Intemet users.
Page 8
Vol. XIV No. 14
May 20, 2004
A look inside..
What is your personal reaction to the severe treatment of Nick Berg byAkOaeda?
Page2
Student awards ceremony to honor campus leaders.
Page?
Online gaming has evolved into social arena.
Pages
2004 graduation vocalist is a junior but is the best representative for UWT.
Page 11
Tahoma West unveils diverse art
Aaron Blankers / Tattoma Wbst Tahoma West's latest release features pictures along Dowmtown Tacoma that illuminate the night (Above is Union Station across from UWT).
by Marques Hunter
This year, the Taiioma West stu¬ dent organization put another creative spin on literaiy art. Their latest release, volume eight, delves into a wide range of issues.
The Tahoma West staff has continued the traditional black and white pages throughout the issue, which gives the visual arts a classic look. The culmina¬ tion of poems, narrative essays, short stories and poetry execute a diverse look into literary art.
"This year, we had more inti¬ mate work and personal issues," said Managing Editor Pamela Torres. This was Torres' first year as managing editor. She felt responsible for the balance ofthe literary and visual art that was done in this magazine. "The lead editors were incredible,'' Torres said. "As a team, we were really cohesive."
Similar to last year, Tahoma West maintains their feel for poetry as it makes up a large portion of the work. The poetry digs into new elements of writ¬ ing. Ma'sef written by Nandi Cummings speaks with a Southem tongue as the words bring about a slangy hip-hop
2004 commencement speaker reveals her caring side for humanity
T^SKB
¦*C!5i
,^5^
^^P
^^^^^~
^r^^sl^
-- ^
^Bf^^^^^^H
H^P '^^^^^1
j^^^S ,^^^1
M^'
^^^^^^^^^Hk'-
^^^^Hk''
^^^^^^^^F
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¦^ \
.,..#*
3^"' ¦ -'¦'¦-•fiii^A
ptKAo courtesy of UWT online. Julie Warden-Gregory made the decision by switching from a political career and into the humanities field.
by Moshood Iiegieuno
She readily admits being swayed by social currents and taking on a career she never envisioned.
If anyone asked Julie A. Warden-Gregory what her aspira- ticMis were five years or even a year ago, she would have said politics. But after an exciting
See Speaker page 5
year with the Associated Students for the University of Washington, Tacoma (ASUWT), Gregoiy has decided to seek an administrative position with a trio program where she hopes to help students overcome barriers to attain their education.
For Gregory, the desire to help students has become nearly an obsession. "I feel concemed if I find students that have barrios
to education," Gregoiy said. "I empathize with that having come from such a background. I think my own sense of caring moti¬ vates me because being a returnee student and a first gener¬ ation student, there are lot of bar¬ riers diat a nontraditional student faces diat I worry about."
Gregory graduated from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2000. While there, she was the student senator for leg¬ islative affairs, a position that exposed ho- to the many chal¬ lenges students struggle with while in school like monetary problems, families at home, child-care issues and moral sup¬ port from the home base. Her goal for the position was to seek ways of establishing good rela¬ tions with ttie school administra¬ tion as well as with the represen¬ tatives in Olympia, she says. "Knowing that tuition increases were poiding, I was just really worried about people being able to continue school for lack of fimds," Gregory said. "That's why I opted for the position to seek avenues to help."
As the Director of Legislative Afiairs in ASUWT, she repre¬ sented the voice of ail students.
tone. In the poem, Cummings is a strong spoken independent woman who is tired of men act¬ ing selfish and ignorant.
Rain Fall at 2 a.m. by Michele Brittany-Bacha is a poem that takes a rainy night and isolates many of the sounds we subconsciously hear before we go to sleep. The sounds of rain drops, the swishing of cars as the wheels splash through a puddle and a cat that was locked out from its house meow's, hop¬ ing its caretaker will let the cat in.
Relationships have influ¬ enced the poems in the new issue. AnnaLee Zenkner wrote a poem called Intrigue, in which she talks about how relation¬ ships between two people can be like a war game and how there are continuous power struggles between men and women. She uses words like weaponry and terrorized as she reflects upon a waging war with her companion.
If poetry has too much hid¬ den interpretation for your taste, read some of the short stories Tahoma West has chosen. One non-fiction short story called In Memory of Doom II Sept. 1994-
See Tahoma West oaoe 10
Professor has large impact on students, wins great award
by Penney White
Beth Kalikoff, senior lecturer, never imag¬ ined her ability to teach would stretch this far and into the lives of students and faculty.
The Distinguished Teaching Award for this year has been awarded to Kalikoff.
"I am delighted and honored to be selected," said Kalikoff in a telephone interview. Since Kalikoff is on sabbatical leave during spring quarter, she did not receive the news on campus.
The award nominations come from letters sent in by staff, faculty and students. A committee reviews the letters and takes into consideration any supporting materials sent in
See Kalikoff page 4